HBCU Parity Act of 2018

HBCU Parity Act of 2018

This bill amends the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to reauthorize and provide mandatory funding for Department of Agriculture grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.

(Under current law funding for the grant program is subject to the annual appropriations process. Mandatory spending is not controlled by appropriations bills.)

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5122 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5122

  To amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to provide mandatory 
funding for grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities 
      at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2018

 Mr. Lawson of Florida (for himself, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Bishop 
of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Mr. Hastings, Ms. Lee, and Ms. Bass) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 to provide mandatory 
funding for grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities 
      at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HBCU Parity Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCES FACILITIES AT 
              1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY.

    Section 1447(b) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3222b(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, to 
        remain available until expended, for fiscal year 2018 and each 
        fiscal year thereafter.
            ``(2) Mandatory funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity 
        Credit Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use to 
        carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until 
        expended, for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter.''.
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